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Brooklyn Castle is a documentary film about Intermediate School 318, an inner-city public school in Brooklyn, New York.
Mar 11, 2012 · Brooklyn Castle: Directed by Katie Dellamaggiore. With Rochelle Ballantyne, Oghenakpobo Efekoro, Patrick Johnston, Alexis Paredes Toledo. Amidst financial crises and unprecedented public school budget cuts, Brooklyn Castle takes an intimate look at the challenges and triumphs facing members of a junior high school's champion chess team.
Brooklyn Castle is a film that tells the inspiring story of the I.S. 318 chess team from Brooklyn, NY. In theaters October 19, 2012.
Brooklyn Castle. Brooklyn Castle is a warm, engaging, and even uplifting documentary about chess-playing whiz kids. Chess helps transforms a New York school into one of the city's best, but ...
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Oct 31, 2012 · Katie Dellamaggiore ’s inspiring documentary covers two years in the history of the school chess team, during which one team member, Rochelle Ballantyn, approaches her dream of becoming the first female African-American grandmaster in U.S history.
Oct 18, 2012 · Directed by Katie Dellamaggiore. Documentary. PG. 1h 41m. By Manohla Dargis. Oct. 18, 2012. The child chess champions in the irresistible documentary “Brooklyn Castle” don’t take long, as one of...
Brooklyn's I.S. 318 junior high school fits one inner-city stereotype--a majority of its students come from below-the-poverty-line families. All other expectations, as shown in the new documentary Brooklyn Castle, should be checked at the door.
